For Sale: fine German-made Roth Cello (1957) $10,00 - negotiation possible.
A Violoncello bearing the printed label: Ernst Heinrich Roth / Bubenreuth-Erlangen 1957 / Made in West Germany / Reproduction of / Antonius Stradivarius / Cremona 1714 and the brand stamp: ERNST HEINRICH ROTH / Bubenreuth / ERLANGEN / 1684 is original in all aspects and is in an excellent state of preservation.
The table of spruce in two pieces cut on the quarter bears an even fine grain. The back of maple in two pieces cut on the quarter bears an even fine gently descending figure. The ribs are of similar maple. The grafted maple neck is terminated in the original peg-box and closed scroll with two volutes. The varnish if of orange-brown color.